Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-06-18
EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
Domestic News

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Domestic News
The New York Board of Trade says the
trunk lines are practically giving rebates
to heavy shippers.
The moulders vii. return to work in the
Peninsuiar and Michigan stove works at
Detroit under new agreement.
The Dominion government has been
warned that trouble from the Indians and
half-breeds may soon be expected.
The constitutional prohibitory amend
ment was defeated in the Massachusetts
house by vote of 139 to 70: not the neces.
sary two-thirds
The petritied trunk of human body was
found on a farm few miles from NATION,
Ill. All the parts are plainly shown, but
the lower limbs are missing.
On the 18th, train on the Saginaw Val
ley & st. Louis road was derailed, and
Charles Weidman, engineer, Merritt Cor
bett and George Sanford, fremen, were Sc
verely injured.
The Illinois legislature has passed law
providing that no person in that state shall
sell or furnish tobacco in any form to any
minor under 10 years of age unless on writ
ten order OF parents or guardians.
At meeting of the New York Chamber
of Commerce the defenseless condition of
New York harbor was considered. 1t was
suggested that in event the government did
nothing the city should proceed to defend
itself
The distribution of the 100000 militia
fund appropriated by Congress has been APP
pOrtioned among the States: Minnesota
receives $6,451; Iowa, $11,98l; Wisconsin,
10,l3S; Dakota, So, 764, and all the terrific
rles the same sum as Dakota.
The New York Press Club burial plat at
Cypress Hills Cemetery, was dedicated
Sunday, Chauncy M. Depew delivering an
Grafton and Rev. DR.. Talmadge making an
address. The burial plat and fund for
its care was secured mainly through the
efforts of Joe Howard, Jr.
According to Land Commissioner
Sparks the Burlington & Missouri
River railroad received under
former admins trations of the land
Office patents for 200, 900 acres more than it
was entitled to under it's land grants. A
suit for restitution is pending.
On the 18th, two thousand seven hundred
and twenty eight immigrants were landed
at Castle Garden. Counsel for the Inman
Steamship Company has applied for writ
paupers whose return to Ireland has been
ordered by the emigrant commissioners at
New York.
A furious cyclone spent itself in Saline
: County, in Missouri, June s, doing much
damage at Marshall and much greater at
Little Rock, where houses were wrecked,
horses and cattle killed, acres of wheat
whipped out, orchards destroyed, fences
obliterated and the entire population driv
en- into their cellars. The attending rain
was flood
June 18th, was the 10th anniversary of
the adoption of the stars and stripes as the
national emblem. At Hartford, Conn.,,
flags were displayed throughout the city,
and statue OF Nathan Hale, the Con-
necticut martyr of the Revolution, unveiled
at the state camp. Charles Dudley War
rmade the address.
There is a report current that the Bell
-elHahone Company has been defeated in
Court. 1t is said that the Court stands
Justices Matthew and Harlan for Bell, and
Waite, Miller, Field and Blatchford against.
Justice Woods is dead Gray owns Bell
is an unknown quantity. Chief Justice
Waite will deliver the decision when the
court reconvenes, in October. These points
are from the best authority, and the Bell
men are panicky and selling fast. The de-
clslon will thrOw,the telephone business open
to competition and terminate the Bell pat
ents.
The Chicago wheat Combine was com
pletely demoralized on the 14th, the money
of the Cincinnati clique backing the deal
not being forthcoming to keep up the
margins, and the price went down to Is
cents per bushel, causing loss of about
$4,000, 900, the drop being about ~ cents
bushel on the 16,00O,0 900 bushels held by the
brokers OF the clique. A number Of firms
were caught in the wreckage at Chicago
Milwaukee, Cincinnati and Duluth Ali
the information available goes to show that
none Of the banks are involved in loss by
the collapse, and the possibility exists that
there may be a better showing when all the
balance sheets are made up
The excitement in the coffee market
which has existed for some months culmi-
mated on the 18th in break in the mar
ket of So cents pound and several New
York firms on the bull side were caught,
five of them being obliged to suspend pay
ment and other failures are expected. Be
tween Saturday and Monday the market
Arnold & Co., organizers of the New York
Coffee exchange failedwith 81, 700 600 obliga
tions; Mackey & Small coffee brokers,
failed 100000, and the others ranged down
to $4,000. The failure is supposed to have
been caused chiefly by the inability of Rio
houses to remit margins in time The inlia-
bilities are stated above .S1,000,OOO, and
New York bank is said to be heavily in
volved.